Conical-ring rod-packing.



No. 854,589. I WISATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

T. W. MITCHELL.

OONIOAL RING ROD PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13.1906.

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(m mu No. 854,589. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

T. W. MITCHELL.

' GONIGAL RING R-OD PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13.1906.

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THOMAS 'W. MITCHELL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

comcAL-Rme: ROD-PACKING.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed J 11 1 13.1906. Serial No. 321,514.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W.- MITCHELL, I

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conical-Ring Rod Packing; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the ac 'companying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to pistonor other rod packings such as are'designed to form steam or gas tight joints aroundr'ods which are movable with relation to their stufling boxes and glands.

The objects of theinvention are to reduce the number of separate parts, eliminate su plemental springs, and to provide a high y efiicient packing which will automatically adjust itself bothfor wear and to accommodate transverse movement of the rod due either to inaccuracy of alinement or to uneven wear of the rod itself.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a section through a stufling box, gland and packing embodying the present improvements. Figs.2 and 2.* areperspective views of the separated packing rings. Fig. '3 is a section on the line 33 Fig. 1.. Fig. 4is asection on the line 4-4 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 1 but with a modified arrangement of the packing; Figs. 6 and 6 are perspective views of the packing rings preferably made use of in the arrangement shown in Fig.5. Fig. 7 s a side elevat1on of the conicallyrecessed cup shown in section in Fig. 5.

' Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate like parts.

The stuffing box and gland A shown in the accompanying drawings may be of any usual or preferred type adapted to receive a metallic packing, and as usual, said parts are adapted for the passage of a piston rod B.

To meet modern requirements a. packing to be commercially successful must be adapted for cooperation with the reinforced type of piston rods (6. e. rods having a reinforced cross head fit) and the wearing parts must be capable of renewal or application without disconnecting the rods or other working parts of the engine.

In the present invention, the packing rings proper are sectional and of conical or frusto conical exterior formation. The rings, two in number in the structure shown, are lettered C and D, the ring C being the larger of the two and having flat faces against one of which a the ring D seats and the other 0 of which seats agalnst the joint ring E.

To press the sections of the rings inwardly J a cone cup F is provided and a spring G assisted by steam pressure serves to move the cone cup over the rings. Ordinarily conical packing rings are made segmental and clearance for wear is rovided between the proximate faces of t e segments; in accordance,

with the present invention. however, the sections are not separated on radial nor on spiral lines but in planes tangentialor substantially tangential to the inner circumference of the rin s as indicated at d, the end faces contact an clearance is provided by cutting away or curving the overlapping-end of each section sharply inward as indicated at d. Sufficient overlapping of the ends of the sections is provided to insure a steam tight joint between the sections of each ring, although in the smaller of the rings the overlap ing portion usually tapers down to practical y nothing at the edge as indicated at d in Fig. 2*. Ohviously, as wear takes place the cone cup will advance and the sections of the ring will be caused to approach each other by reason of the cooperation of the conical surfaces, but at no time will any opening for the passa .e of steam be formed between the sections 0 the rings nor between the rings themselves, nor between the rings and rod.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 the cone cup follows the rings and consequently it is not necessary that steam tightjoints shall exist between the exterior of the rings and the cup but in the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 the cup indicated by the letter H rests against the gland and the rings are pushed into it by a sectional follower I and. ring 71 against which the spring exerts its pressure, and in this form provlsion is made for a steam tight joint between the rings, or one of the rings, and the cup. This is accomplished by forming the ring so that the outer conical or tapering surfaces at the ends of the sections will meet or register for a short distance from thethin edge of the ring for instance from the point k to k in Fig. 6. At the point 7c the two sections need not lap at all, while at lc the lap may be considerabe of an inch or more) and equal to the lap of the section's y readily placed in-position on a reinforced.

type of piston rod, {it is'desirable that both the cone cup and the-joint ring shall have the same capacity'and hence-each of these parts is made in part sectional and the sections are held in relative position by annular inclosures. The central part f of the cone cup is sectional and the outer part f annular, the two parts being accurately fitted together and a shoulderf (in the form shown in Fig. 1) provided for preventing rearward movement of the sectional part.

The preferred form of cone cup is shown in Fi s. 5 and 7, the sectional part being made in haIves forming a bushing. The outer conical face of the bushing is providedwith an annular groove or recess f 2 to reduce the width of the bearin surface on the outside and the meeting en s of the halves are provided with projections f 3 and tongues f 4 fit ting snugly between the projections f The tonguesf are of less length than the depth of their recesses and while the rojections f will wear or chafe under rod, vi ration steam tight joints at the ends of f will be main tained as the bushing will advance into the outer cup as rapidly as wear takes place. Obviously this form of conical bushing may be employed in the construction shown in Fig. 1 as indicated by the dotted lines in said figure.

The inner part of the joint ring E is also made sectional the joints between the sections e being preferably tangential save for short radial parts a near the inner periphery and the sections are driven into a steel ring E so as to form smooth faces and steam tight joints between the sections.

The packing described is compact composed of few parts each of simple construction and of such character as to be easily and quickly placed in position even by unskilled labor. The steam pressure assists in holding the rings up to their work and at the same time there is no wedging of the packings into the cone cup upon the return stroke of the piston following exhaust. As wear takes place the cone cup is forced over the rings causing the sections to move on their tangential faces toward the rod and the ends of the sections will be caused to approach by bending or shortening the outer radius to give a uniform pressure on all sides of the rod.

Each section of the packing rings it will be noted has two end faces parallel with each other, both faces in the same direction and" the sections are reversed with relation to each other in assembling, whereby the inner plane face on one section bears against the outer plane face on the opposite section.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein described frusto conical rod packing ring for rod packing, formed in cooperating separate sections having overlaping ends with contacting faces, each of said faces lying in av plane tangential to the inner periphery of the ring.

2. In a rod packing, the cup having a conical recess therein, of the frusto conical packing rings fitting in said recess and formed in sections having overthe combination with lapping ends with contacting faces lying in planes tangential to the inner periphery of the rings, the outer overlapping ends being cut away to afford clearance and'perniit of relative movement of the sections toward each other.

3. In a rod packing, the combination with 'said recess and formed in sections with overlapplng contacting end faces lying in planes tangential to the interior periphery of the rings and a joint ring against which the packing rings are seated by the pressure on the cup cone; substantially as described.

5. In a rod packing, the combination with the stuffing box and gland, of the spring pressed cup having a conical recess therein, and formed of an annular outer part and a .sectional inner part, the frusto conical packing rings located in said recess and formed in sections, and a ring located on the opposite side of the acking rings from the cone cup; substantial y as described.

6. In a rod packing, the combination with the cone cup formed of an annular outer part conical on the inside and a sectional conical bushing therein forming a conical recess, of the frusto conical packing rings located in said recess and formed in sections having contacting overlapping end faces; substanially as described.

7. [in a rod packing, the combination with i tacting overlapping and faces; substantially the cone 0111p formed of andannular OIiIlJGI as described. part conica on the insi e an a sectiona in- 7 W Y 1 nor part conical on both inner and outer'sides THOMAS \HTOHELL 5 and with interlocking ends of the sectional l Witnesses:

lrusto-(r onical packing rings located in the GUY M. MILLER, com cup and formed in sections having coni P. R. C. ENGE. 

